"My college campus has a magic statue... it's a long standing tradition to rub its nose for luck. My freshman roommate really believed in the statue's power and insisted on visiting it to rub its nose before every exam. Studying might of been a better idea. She flunked out sophomore year, but the fact is we all have little superstitious things that we all do. If it's not believing in magic statues, it's avoiding sidewalk cracks, or always putting on our left shoe first. Knock on wood, step on a crack... brake your mother's back. The last thing you want to do is offend the Gods...."

Superstitions fascinate me. I have a few of my own that I don't even realize. Maybe I pay too much attention to my dreams or do little things that I think 'have to' be done. Making wishes when it's 11:11, wishing on shooting stars, I pull off the road if I meet a funeral procession heading straight on, and I never count the cars. I think it's good luck to go over a penny when pumping gas. My bed doesn't point north or south. I wear new clothes on Easter. I keep my wet umbrella pointed up so the rain falls off the same way it falls. There's also something with those 2's 3's and 7's that I haven't quite figured out yet..I'm never awake or alone at 3:30 am. Oh and of course it's bad luck to keep horseshoes pointed downward because all the luck falls out.

"...Superstition lies in the space between what we can control and what we can't. Find a penny pick it up, and all day long you will have good luck. No one wants to pass up a chance for good luck, but does saying it 33 times really help? I mean is anyone really listening, and if no one is listening why do we bother doing those strange things at all? We rely on superstition because we are smart enough to know we don't have all the answers, and that life works in mysterious ways. Don't diss the ju ju from wherever it comes."Grey's Anatomy